Quilting-frame.



No. 725,353. PATBNTED APR. 14, 1903.

I R. P. MGKINLEY.

QUILTING FRAME.

APPLICATION HLBD JULY 16, 1902.

- NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES r PATENT OFFICE.

RILEY P. MCKINLEY, OF PANTHER, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO .I AMES R. MILLER, vOF PANTHER, KENTUCKY.

QUILTING-FRAIVIE.

SPECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,353, dated Aprill 14, 1903.

Application led July 16, 1902.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RILEY P. MCKINLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Panther, inthe county of Daviess and State of,

Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Quilting-Frame, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in quilting-frames.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of quilting-frames and to provide Aa simple, inexpensive, and efficient one capable of ready adjustment to raise and lower it and adapted to enable the goods to be readily stretched and arranged to present smooth upper and lower faces.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l'is an elevation, partly in section, of a quiltingframe constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a portion of the frame.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in bothgures of the drawings. l l 1 designate endbars of a quilting-frame, and the said end bars, which are of the ordi'- nary construction, are connected near their terminals by rolls 2 and 3, adapted to receive the goods and provided with any suitable means forholdingthem against rotation. The goods extends from the roll 2 to a bar 4, and then passes upward over a tension-roll 5, and thence to and around the roll 3, and by this arrangement perfectly smooth upper and lower faces are obtained. This arrangement of rolls also enables the goods to be held securely in proper position and effectually prevents the same from accidentally slipping. The side bars or end bars are connected by hinges 6 with the lower endsv of upwardly-extending inclined arms or bars 7, Which'are connected by a resilient rod or bar 8, of springsteel or other suitable material. The resilient rod or bar, which is constructed of thin material, is bowed at the top to engage a swivel-hook 9, and its side portions extend downward through loops 10 of the upper ends Serial No. 115,863. (No model.)

of the inclined barsf?. The loops 10 may consist of clips or sleeves, and the terminals of Ythe resilient connecting-bar 8 are secured to ,the inclined arms or bars 7 by means of fastening devices 11, preferably consisting of bolts having thumb-nuts, as clearly shown in Fig..1. The upper portions of the connecting barsor arms 7 are provided with perforations 12, arranged at intervals and adapted to receive the bolts 1l to enable the ends of the resilient connecting-piece 8 tobe secured at dierent points. B'y this construction the quilting-frame may be readily raised and lowered to arrange it properly with relation to a machine.

The swivel-hook 9 is mountedon a carriage or hanger 13, consisting'of` a horizontal bar provided with suitable'bearings `111 for rollers or wheels 15, Which-are arranged to run on a supporting-wirel6 in theusnal manner. The quilting-frame is suspended from the hanger or traveler by means of the said hook, and it is adapted to be rotated in the usual manner. The supporting-Wire is connected with a wind-` `lass shaft 17, having oppositely disposed crank-handles-lS and journaled within suitable bearings of a frame 19. The frame 19, which` is approximately U- shaped, is composed of two sides and a connecting portion, which is provided with an eye 20, adapted to engage a hook or other suitable supporting device. shaft, and each link is adapted to engage one side of the frame and one of the crank-handles, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, whereby the shaft is locked at the desired adjustment. This arrangement of links and crankhandles enables the shaft to be locked at every half-revolution. When it is desired to rotate the shaft, the links are both arranged on the central portion of the shaft beyond the crankhandles, and the shaft Will then be .free to turn. The windlass enables the su pporting-wire to be readily stretched to the desired tension, and it will permit the same to be readily slackened when it is desired to detach the supporting-wire.

It will be seen that the quilting-frame is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction and that it is strong and durable and that it is capable of ready adjustment to A pair of links 21 is arranged on the l roo raise and lower it. It will also be clear that the material is adapted to be readily stretched on the rolls and that the said material is securely held and presents smooth upper and lower faces.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a quilting-frame, of arms or bars hinged at their lower ends thereto and converging upwardly therefrom, a hanger, a bowed resilient connecting-bar carried by the hanger, and means for secnrin g its end portions adj ustably to the arms or bars.

2. The combination with a quilting-frame, of arms or bars hinged at their lower ends 

